Derasha 3 on Vayikra 2:3

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 3 · Unit 3 of 4

The Complete Passuk

וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ מִן־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים מֵאִשֵּׁ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Menachos 9b.

E-Daf.com — Menachos 9b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Menachos 9b
״וְהַנּוֹתֶרֶת מִן הַמִּנְחָה״ — פְּרָט לְמִנְחָה שֶׁחָסְרָה הִיא וְשֶׁחָסַר קֻמְצָהּ וְשֶׁלֹּא הִקְטִיר מִלְּבוֹנָתָהּ כְּלוּם.

English: “And the remainder from the minchah” — excluding a minchah that itself was short, or whose kometz was short, or of which none of its frankincense was burned.

In the sugya: The permission to eat the remainders presupposes that the original offering, its handful, and its frankincense were all complete.

Type of Learning

Miyut of defective minchah remainders — remainders are eaten only when the minchah, kometz, and levonah were all intact.

What Is Learned

Shirayim are eaten only when the minchah, its kometz, and its levonah were all complete. The verse’s reference to “the remainder from the minchah” excludes cases in which the original flour was short, the handful was incomplete, or no frankincense was burned at all.